"Electricity ratepayers" refers to individuals or households who pay for the electricity they use. They are the customers who are responsible for paying the bills to the utility company for the electricity supplied to their homes. Full definition
Similarly, Nation Rise, in another unwilling host community, could be cancelled for a maximum liability of $ 600,000 and save Ontario electricity ratepayers from having the $ 436 million cost added to their bills. (windconcernsontario.ca)
We no longer see press releases that claim we earn money from selling our surplus power to the likes of Michigan and New York, perhaps because the Auditor General in his 2011 Annual Report stated that «from 2005 to the end of our audit in 2011, Ontario received $ 1.8 billion less for its electricity exports than what it actually cost electricity ratepayers of Ontario.» (ep.probeinternational.org)
In short, the 4.8 million Ontario electricity ratepayers got dinged for about $ 1.20 each for those exports for that one day. (windconcernsontario.ca)